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| voltz:
I made a prediction that by this point crt's are going to become so scarce that it'll be insanely difficult to find a working display in good quality. Sellers and dealers will no doubt be price gouging knowing what they're valued for, but also for those who can't afford them may lead to having a negative impact on their hobby. I'm wondering what you guys think of this situation and do you believe retro gaming will be capable of surviving the outcome? |
| vwalbridge:
We are already living this problem right now....let alone the year 2020. The lack of CRTs is one of the main reasons arcade cost have been driven up lately. Simple "supply vs demand" model. One thing is for certain, nobody is going to ever start making CRTs again. Even if they could get past the environmental red tape, they could never turn a profit on something so heavy to ship. To a niche market no less. Damn near everything on an average arcade machine can be reproduced to some satisfactory extent...except the CRT. (One could also argue the PCB itself) Prices can only go so high before most average Joes just say "F it"...the price ain't worth it anymore. The hobby will no doubt live on...just without CRT and hopefully really, really, good HLSL/emulation as a substitute. |
| harveybirdman:
Hoard now, laugh later. |
| Thenasty:
Maybe it's time to let this go :P so who wants to give $500.00 ea of my WG 7200 CRT monitors >:D (I have 2 hardly used, looks spanking new). PS.. in 2020, price will be a bit higher >:D |
| CheffoJeffo:
Not much of a prediction. ::) I haven't seen new 19" arcade monitors for sale in many years. Then the 25" (and 24.8") dropped off. I have a stack of old 19" in vary stages of functioning and made sure that I picked up a tube rejuvenator when I had the chance. If I come across a deal for a nice low-burn tube or monitor, I grab it and put it on the pile. But ... there comes a point where it just isn't worth the trouble. I recently pulled a flaky WG4900 from my MultiWilliams to work on it. After a bit of troubleshooting, I was at an impasse. Pulled a spare VGA LCD out, wired a VGA plug to the MW board and everything works. It's a little strange looking in the midst of all of the CRTs, but took less than 10 minutes and nobody other than me cares. As far as the PCBs go ... not such an issue and for more popular options, there are accurate replacements (e.g. jrok's MW board). |
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